Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-01-21
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their advertisement.
The remains of Mr.. James Miller,
who was killed ON the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad ar Charles.own last week,
were inferred in Elmwood Cemetery at
Shepherdstown last Friday.
Senator waltham, from the committee
on military affairs, has reported favora-
bly, q bill for marking with . monu-
ment the grave of Gen. Daniel Morgan
in the cemetery of Winchester, Va.
Mr.. John Trjtle, the oldest resident
Of Chambersburg, Pa, died 4. that
place on Tuesday. He was born in
Martinsburg in 1896. He was remarka-
bly, active until short time before: his
death.
Capt. Thos. d. Ransom, . native of
this county, now a member of the
Staunton Bar, was married near that
city on the 10Th instant to Miss Janet r.
Harrison, daughter Of Mr.. Henry Harri-
son.
The Franklin and the Fire and Marine
Insurance Companies Of Wheeling,
West Virginia, have donated five dollars
each, through their agent, Mr.. B. F.
Harrison, towards purchasing reel for
the Shepherd Fire Company.
A little son of Mr.. John Minnebraker.
of Washington county, Md, was run
over by wagon last Sunday evening
and killed. The little fellow had been
to church and was going home alone
when he was knocked down and run
over.
Botetourt county, Virginia, is excited
over the discovery OF gold and silver de-
posts on the line Of the Shenandoah
Valley Railroad. Assays range from
sixteen dollars per ton for surface rock
to sixty dollars at a depth of fifteen
feet.
We are indebted to Mr.. WIN. S.
Staley, Of Selma, California, formerly
OF this county, for taste Of some Of the
genuine California Musoatel raisins,
sent 10 us in care of Mr.. Fred. KEEP
linger. The raisins are as good as any.
we have ever seen-in fact great deal
better than those generally found on
market.
On a banter Mr.. James Litileton, one
of our countrymen, recently went into
the woods and i'm one day felled and cut
four cords of wood, and ranked it up.
The agreement was that if Mr.. l.. could
perform the task, he was to have the
wood and two dollars besides. Weonly
add that he received the wood and
money. Who can beat it p CharlestoTn
Spirit.
Mr.. C. T. Shugert, of the firm Of
Burns e. Shugert, of ChsrlestowR, and
Mis-. Bessie F. Taaquary, daughter of
Ma. Henry A. Tanquary, of this county,
were united IN the bonds Of matrirnony
on Tuesday afternoon last, in THE
Church Of the Holy Spirit (EpiseopaD
at Summit Point. Rev. j. z. Hyde, Of
Winchester, performed the ceremony.
Free Press.
Mr.. G. w. Brown, an efficient and 40
eommodating passenger conductor in
the service of the Shenandoah Valley
Railroad, has been dismissed from SER
vice on account of al accident TO his
train recently. He has many friends
along the road and with the travelling
public who will miss his courteous treat
ment and who sincerely hope that he
will be reinstated at an early day.-Ha-
gersto1n Globe.
The Department Of Agriculture gives
the following statistics for the whole
country: The corn crops in round num-
bers aggregate 1865 600, 900 bushels,
grown on 100000 acres, and has a
farm value of $6lO 900, 900. The aggre-
gate product Of wheat is 1000, 600
bushels, from an area of nearly 81 ,OOO,-
900 acres, having farm value Of 1914
600, 900. The product Of oats is GIL ,GOO,-
600 bushels-five millions less than last
year from an area of over $4,000, 900
acres. producing value of $3.50, 900, 900.
Peterson's Magazine for February is
very brilliant number, with fine
steel.engraving, ION Guard" that, we
predict, will be popular with everybody.
There is also beautiful double-sized
colored fashion plate. Every family of
refinement, We should think, would
have this magazine on its table. The
price, real merit considered, is astOnish-
ingly low-only Two Dollars a year
with great deductions to clubs. Ad-
dress CHARLES J. PETERSON, BOG Chest
nut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
When Mr.. David Hout returned from
the West two months ago by way Of the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad his trunk did
not come with him. The days passed
on but the trunk did not turn up. He
notified the railroad authorities. and
they made hunt for it, but could find
no trace of it. Last Saturday The trunk
was found at the depot of the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad at Hagerstown, where
it had been for eight weeks. The agent
at Warrensburg, No.. had checked the
trunk over the wrong railroad. Mr..
Hout got his baggage on Monday, but
the bill for storage was frightful.
Died at her home in Charlestown, the
residence of her nephew, Hon. VIM. L..
Wilson, after brief and painless ILL
ness. Miss Lucy F. Lyme. She was the
daughter of VIM. Lyme, Jr., and Eliza
beth Baylor, his wife, Of King and
Queen county, Virginia, in which